Pitching in for Alsama - Music, Cricket, Opportunity

An Evening of Music, Food & Celebration of Alsama

Join us on 5th December for a wonderful evening of live music and entertainment, featuring a selection of talented musical acts, including a concert pianist and live singers.

Enjoy an intimate and memorable programme of performances, followed by a relaxed social gathering with delicious food, drinks, a raffle, and great company. 

Location - St Mary’s Church, Church Street, Charlbury, OX7 3PS. 

Google Maps Pin: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hPzrGyTL6XkdKDvbA

Please arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start 🎶

Tickets cost £35 per person with all proceeds going toward Alsama Project. 

Six years ago, Alsama began working with teenagers who could not read or write. This September, members of its first graduating class started at universities in the UK, Canada, India and Lebanon. Among them is Fatima, a Syrian refugee from Deir ez-Zor who has won a full scholarship from the University of Leicester to study Environmental Science. 

Founded in Shatila refugee camp in Beirut in 2020 as a small female empowerment centre, Alsama now operates five education centres and twenty-four cricket hubs across Lebanon & Syria. More than 90% of new students arrive illiterate and innumerate. Through Alsama’s innovative accelerated educational model, they can become ready for university or skilled employment within six years. In 2026, Alsama opened its first education centre in Syria and has ambitious plans to expand across the country. 

Alongside academics, Alsama has a robust extracurricular programme - offering music, arts, opera, yoga and, of course, cricket. We run one of the largest cricket training camps in the world – reaching 800+ players weekly. Like any team sport, cricket cultivates discipline, teamwork and strategic thinking. Uniquely – it is a non-contact team sport so boys and girls can play comfortably - and competitively - with each other on the pitch, while respecting local context and customs. On the Alsama cricket pitch, young girls and boys bowl, bat and lead teams as equals. 

In addition to this, Alsama has launched the G12++ certificate, with support from a strategic partnership with Cambridge University Press & Assessment. The G12++ is a globally-recognised assessment that proves skills at international standards of secondary school completion level, not just of academics skills, but also critical thinking, problem-solving and communication. 

Alsama’s dual models offer displaced young people worldwide both an education and a credible way to prove their abilities. Together, they represent a global revolution in education.